Magmatic anhydrite in plutonic rocks at the El teniente Cu-Mo deposit, Chile and the role of sulfur- and Copper-rich magmas in its formation

Economic Geology

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1335-1344

  Stern, Charles R ^a   Funk, Jonathan A ^a   Skewes, M Alexandra ^a   Arévalo, Alejandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b El Teniente CODELCO Chile ^*  (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER DEPOSITS; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; FELDSPAR; FRACTIONATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; MICA; MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS; VAPORIZATION;

BIOTITE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MAGMATIC ANHYDRITE; PLAGIOCLASE; PLUTONIC ROCKS;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

ANHYDRITE; COPPER; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; MIOCENE; MOLYBDENUM; ORE DEPOSIT; PLUTONIC ROCK;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 41449108872     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.102.7.1335     Document Type: Article

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